Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Criminal Minds (US TV) Rating: General Audiences Relationships: Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/Tara Lewis Additional Tags: Halloween Costumes, Trick or Treating, Family Fluff, Established Relationship, Tara is the best Mom, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Canon Queer Character, Canon Queer Character of Color Summary:

In the Jareau-Lewis household, there was a Halloween tradition of rotating who got to choose the family costumes each year. This year, it was six-year-old Michael's duty to choose the theme of their costumes...

Trouble

JJ/Tara || Rated: G || WC: 872 Prompts: Bruises (for @cmkinkbingo2024) and Swimming Pool for (@storiesofsvu bday bingo)

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Tara's long legs were bent at the knees to cover most of her body in the water in the shallow end of the pool. Her arms straight out in front of her, ready to catch Michael at a moment's notice if his head went under the water. He was still getting the hang of swimming and while he was adamant that he could be in the pool all by himself (just like his big brother), Tara wasn't ready to let that happen quite yet. Especially not when JJ wasn't present, last thing Tara needed was for her girlfriend's son to start drowning on her watch.

JJ had brought the boys over to Tara's apartment complex to enjoy a day at the pool, but right as they arrived, she'd gotten a call she had to take. The boys, ever impatient as they were, begged Tara to take them to the pool and just let their mom catch up when she was done. Tara had zero ability to say 'no' to Henry and Michael, the three of them had become extremely close over the span of Tara and JJ's relationship, so she was more than happy to appease them.

She'd watched them on her own before, this wasn't anything new, but she was still on high alert in terms of safety in the pool. She, better than most people, knew all of the horrible ways things could go south in the blink of an eye, so she was being hyper-vigilant at present.

Michael sputtered slightly and she immediately grabbed him, lifting him out of the water with her hands under his armpits. "Oh god, are you okay?!"

He wiggled in her arms. "I'm fine, Tarwa! I was swimmin'!"

"Okay, okay," she cautiously lowered him into the water again and resumed her previous posture, acting as his spotter while he clumsily doggy-paddled in the shallow end.

She glanced to the other side of the pool where Henry was playing with some kids his age. He caught her eye and waved before he did a cannonball into the deep end, the splash was awarded with uproarious applause from some of the other boys. Tara scanned the surface, waiting for him to come back up, but there was no sign of his long blonde mop of hair.

"Henry?" she called as her heart raced.

She was one second away from putting Michael on the edge so she could find his brother, when two hands grabbed her shoulders from behind as Henry yelled, "BOO!"

She jumped at the shock and both of the boys burst into laughter. Henry grinned, "Oh, I so got you that time!"

She threw him a glance over her shoulder, "Yeah, you did, but you didn't count on me..." she grabbed his arms and pulled them over her shoulders at the same time she jumped up out of the water, then threw him off her back to send him flying into the water.

He resurfaced, shaking his long hair out of his face. "Not fair!"

"Neither was scaring me," she replied sternly. They held each other's eye for a moment before she winked to indicate she wasn't actually upset and he swam back to his new friends.

Michael shrieked in delight, "Me next, me next!"

"Alright, hold your nose kiddo," Tara grabbed him under his arms again, bouncing him on each count, "Three...two....one!"

She tossed him gently into the water and he came back up, sputtering. She quickly swam over and grabbed him again, "Oh, god. You okay? Are you hurt?"

"Tara, he's five," JJ laughed as she walked up. "He can survive a bit of water in his nose."

"Mom!" Michael cheered.

"Hi baby," she smiled her son and her girlfriend simultaneously. She slipped off her sandals and dropped the towel she had wrapped around her waist.

Michael's eyes went wide. "Mommy! You have an ouchie!"

Tara followed his line of sight and her face dropped as she took in the dark mouth-shaped bruise on JJ's inner thigh. "Yes... you do."

In her rush to get into her swimsuit to go join the trio, JJ opted to forgo her shorts and settled on just taking the towel with her. She quickly wrapped it around herself again, sharing an embarrassed look with her girlfriend. "I totally forgot about...that...um, ouchie."

"Does it hurt?" Michael asked in concern. "What happened?"

JJ recovered from her momentary shock and sat on the edge, putting her feet in without removing the towel. "It doesn't hurt, baby. It's from...uh, work."

His little hands gripped the edge, his tip toes barely resting on the bottom of the pool to hold him steady. "Did a bad guy do it!?"

JJ didn't lie to her children when she could help it, but she was at a loss with how to explain the massive hickey her girlfriend had left on such an intimate area of her thigh. She sighed, "Yes, the person who did it was being, very, very, bad."

"Did he go in time-out?" Michael decided. "If you're bad, you gotta get in trwouble and go to time out."

She looked over his head, glaring at Tara while she replied, "Yes, you're right. They are definitely in trouble."

I couldn't resist setting this in the BY&M timeline, so please enjoy this tooth-rotting fluff of married JJ and Tara/ Mom!Tara

Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: Criminal Minds (US TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/Tara Lewis Series: Part 3 of Just as Long as You Stand By Me Summary:

Following the events of 'Between You & Me', JJ and Tara have settled into a perfect life together. They've been dating for nearly four years and they're perfectly happy with their relationship, but a series of events start to make them question their firm stance about never getting married.

[Takes place after the end of S15]

A/N: THANK YOU to everyone who’s been pre-emptively hyped for this JJ/Tara wedding one-shot!!! I am SO in love with them and with this fic. Chapter 2 is already written, it should be posted tomorrow if I can get it edited. 

🥺🥺🥺 Anon?! You're so sweet!! Every day, I check the Jara tag and hope someone else has joined in the fic writing... Maybe some day! Until then, I'm just going to keep loving and writing them.

I honestly appreciate your support. Writing JJ/Tara is purely self-indulgent because I know it's not going to be read by a ton of people. So connecting with the handful of people who DO ship them is very special.

I also HC that Tara cooks a lot. Big Taurus Vibes™. Here's some other soft Jara headcanons for you:

Anyway, they're in love!!!!

Mother’s Day (A Jemily Drabble)

Emily's phone vibrated on the nightstand, notifying her it was 7:30am. She quickly grabbed it and shut it off as to not wake her partner who was silently sleeping on the other side of the bed. Emily slid off the edge of the bed carefully, pausing momentarily while JJ shifted in her sleep. When the coast was clear Emily tip toed out of the bedroom and down the hall to her partner in crime's room. She pushed the door open and went to sit on the edge of the bed, watching Henry for a moment. He was so innocent when he was sleeping and Emily cherished her time with the young boy. She slowly brushed his hair aside and planted a kiss on his cheek to wake him. "Momma?" "It's me buddy, are you ready to help me?" Henry nodded with a yawn. He jumped out of bed in his Spider Man pajamas and grabbed Emily's hand, nearly pulling her along as he lead her out of the room and downstairs to the kitchen. Emily opened the fridge and began gathering the ingredients she would need to prepare breakfast in bed for a well deserving JJ. She let Henry stir the pancake batter and prepare the tray with flowers he picked from the front yard. Emily hummed quietly as she cooked, whipping up a full breakfast in twenty minutes. "Are you ready?" Emily asked the eager youngster. "Not yet!" Henry ran to his backpack and pulled out a card he had created in preschool. Emily smiled as he brought it over to her. Written neatly on the front, most likely by his teacher, read Happy Mother's Day, on the inside Henry had sprawled his name and drew a picture of himself with JJ and Emily. Emily choked back tears seeing that the boy had included her in the family portrait. "Oh, Henry, you're momma will love this," Emily smiled as she squatted to his level and kissed him on the forehead. "No Em'wy! It's for you!" Henry corrected as he handed the card to the brunette and wrapped his arms around her neck. Emily looked at him perplexed, "But I'm not a mother, sweetie." "Yes you are! You're my momma!" Emily blinked a few times as tears fell down her cheeks. She wrapped Henry up in her arms and planted kisses all over his cheeks. "Thank you so much Henry. I love it!" She grinned from ear to ear as she hung the card on the refrigerator. She pulled a card out of her bag and placed it on the tray for JJ as Henry pulled a second card out of his bag and added it to the arrangement. They made their way back upstairs as Henry ran the length of the hallway and burst into the master bedroom. He jumped on the bed and pounced on his mother. "Happy mother's day Momma!" JJ rolled over and smiled, "Well thank you sweetheart." Emily came in behind the boy with tray in hand and settled it at the foot of the bed, "Good morning, love. Happy Mother's Day." JJ looked at the spread and smiled. The three sat on the bed and enjoyed breakfast before JJ opened her cards and thanked her two favorites for their kindness. "Henry, did you draw this picture?" JJ asked as she looked over her son's art. "Yep!" the four year old beamed proudly. "Jennifer, he made me one too," Emily whispered trying not to cry again. JJ reached over and squeezed Emily's hand as a silent form of I love you. She got up from the bed and made her way to her purse where she pulled out a card of her own and handed it to Emily. Emily looked confused once more before JJ clarified, "I got you one too." Emily grinned and opened the card before fully breaking down while reading the loving words inside. She placed a chaste kiss on JJ's lips, thanking her partner for the sentiment. Henry fell back asleep quickly after breakfast and the pair didn't have the heart to move him. "Here's to many more," JJ whispered as she brushed Emily's hair out of her eyes. "To many more," Emily repeated as they snuggled around the boy and drifted back to sleep.

[For soul-wanderer thanks for the feels]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Criminal Minds Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/Emily Prentiss Characters: Jennifer "JJ" Jareau, Emily Prentiss, Henry LaMontagne Additional Tags: Fluff, Family Fluff, Disney World & Disneyland, Family Feels, Family Vacation Summary:

Emily and JJ take Henry to Disneyworld on their first family vacation.

Based off this ask and a ton of head canons with phoenix-falls

Morning Glory (A Jemily Drabble)

Emily rolled over and wrapped her arms around a swollen belly. She smiled at the feeling of her partner so close to her. She traced lazy kisses down JJ’s neck and across her cheek until the blonde rolled her head to the side so their wanting lips met.

“She’s happy to see you too,” JJ smiled as she moved Emily’s hand to her lower stomach where their daughter was happily kicking.

Emily pressed firmly to feel the little one dancing in her mother’s womb. Because of the incident with Ian Doyle, Emily couldn’t carry children. It broke her when she found out, the couple was devastated. Emily had always wanted children and JJ wanted to give Henry a sibling to play with.

Luckily, Emily’s eggs were still viable and JJ was more than happy to carry their child. Even if it meant Emily being the over protective mom who was always making sure JJ had everything she needed to be comfortable for nine months. Nine months was all they had to wait to meet their new family member yet it seemed like an eternity.

Now as they laid in bed feeling her kick it seemed like a dream come true.

Henry came bounding in and hopped on the bed. not to be ignored, he wiggled himself between his mothers.

“Momma is it time for Charlotte yet?”

“Not quite buddy. But she’ll be here soon” Emily smiled as she ruffled the blonde boy’s hair.

“And then I can show her my toys!” Henry said happily.

“Henry do you want to feel your sister?”

Henry nodded eagerly as JJ took the boy’s hand and let him feel thee happy commotion in her abdomen. He laughed as his sister pushed against his hand.

“She can play soccer with us momma!”

“Yes she can” JJ smiled. She looked from her son up into beaming brown eyes filled with tears. She smiled and wiped away saline rolling down Emily’s cheek.

Emily smiled, “I love you”

“I love you too” JJ mouthed with a grin. “And I love YOU little monster!” She exclaimed as she attacked Henry with kisses.

Emily joined in tickling the young boy until he screamed with glee. She couldn’t imagine waking up any other way.

Breakfast (A Jemily Drabble)

The alarm screeched through an otherwise silent room as Emily rolled over and pounded at it angrily. JJ groaned into her pillow as small feet came bounding into the room and onto the bed. "Time wake up!" Henry chirped as he hugged his mother. JJ groaned again, hoping if she remained still he would get the hint and leave her be. Unfortunately, this was such a common occurrence the toddler would not be so easily fooled. Emily smiled and wrapped her arms around the rambunctious youngster. "Good morning," she laughed as she kissed him on the forehead. "Mornin' Em'wy!" "What do you say we let Momma sleep in and go get ready?" Emily asked the boy who gave it a thought then rushed off to his room. "You're a godsend," JJ whispered. Emily leaned in and kissed her partner as she followed after Henry. 

Emily spent the morning rushing around trying to get herself ready while wrangling the toddler, who was overly excited this particular morning. She jumped in the shower after sitting Henry down for his favorite cartoon in the living room. She took the time to appreciate the moment of silence as the shower trickled down her tight muscles. She had only been living with JJ and Henry for a month but it seemed like far longer where the youngster was involved. Emily wasn't sure how JJ did the single mom thing with such ease. Henry exhausted her in mere hours yet JJ ran the house, took care of Henry, dealt with her job and still made time for romance with Emily as if it was nothing. Emily definitely admired JJ to say the least. She switched the shower off and wrapped a towel around her before stepping down stairs to peak in on Henry. The blonde was actively watching his program while playing with his toy dinosaurs. Emily smiled and quietly made her way back upstairs to finish getting ready. She got dressed and dried her hair before checking the time. "Shit!" she realized she had fallen behind and Henry was going to be late for pre-school, again. She really wasn't sure what sort of time altering super powers JJ possessed but she was jealous she lacked the same special skills. She rushed downstairs to find the couch empty. "Henry?" she asked. She heard giggles coming from the kitchen as she rounded the corner to find the spry young boy sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor in a puddle of milk and a mess of Cheerios. "Oh honey...." "Look Em'wy! I made Cheer'os!" Henry beamed happily as he ate cereal from the mess on the floor. 

"I can see that sweetheart," Emily looked at her watch and back at the mess in front of her. She picked up the dish towel and squatted down to begin mopping up the mess. Henry looked at her and frowned, upset that she did not seem to appreciate his hard work. Emily saw the pain in his eyes and sighed. She sat outside of ground zero and reached for the box of cereal, tossing a few pieces in her mouth as she watched Henry play in the mess contently. Emily couldn't help but laugh at the situation. She rolled up her sleeves and took over playing with one of the toy lions, making roaring noises as she acted like the lion was getting Henry. He giggled with a high pitch squeal and attacked her back with his dinosaur. She wrapped her arms around him and tickled his belly making him burst into laughter. She picked him up and blew a raspberry on his belly, he squealed with delight. "No Em'wy! No!" he shrieked. She slowly lowered him into her lap and looked into the same sparkling blue eyes that the boy shared with his mother. At the same time she became aware they were being watched as she looked towards the door to see JJ standing there. "My, what a big mess you've made!" she joked with her son as he jumped up and scampered to her, throwing his arms around her legs and squeezing as hard as his little muscles could stand. "I made Cheer'os!" Henry shouted happily. "Well I think we need to get you changed and ready for day care before Grandma gets here," JJ smiled as she ruffled her son's hair. "O'tay," Henry frowned as he started to trod off and out of the kitchen. Right as JJ was leaning down to help Emily off the floor the boy turned around and added, "But I want Momma to help me!" JJ nodded, "I'll be right there, darling." "No Momma!" Henry whined. "I want Em'wy to help me!" The two paused and realized what Henry had meant. "Momma?" Emily mouthed silently to the onlooking blonde. JJ simply smiled and nodded, as her eyes welled up. She squeezed Emily's hand and kissed her softly, Henry covered his eyes as if he was offended. "Alright, buddy. Let's go get you ready," Emily stammered as she wiped away tears.

Jemily Head Canon: Cheerios

Emily is over one morning and she's trying to get Henry ready for preschool and trying to let jj sleep. But she's running around also trying to get herself ready and she loses track of Henry. And she finds him in the kitchen floor in a puddle of milk and cheerios because he tried to make breakfast and dropped the milk and just sat down in it to eat cereal. And em finds him and flips shit because theres such a mess. But she just sighs and sits on the floor and starts eating dry cheerios bc wtf else is she going to do? And he's feeding her cheerios and she's tickling him and he's giggling. And jj comes in and just watches from the doorway and watches her favorite two dorks sitting on the floor in milk eating cereal. And that's the minute she realizes she is in love with Emily.

Sapphires of Stormy Skies by w00t4ewan [AO3]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Criminal Minds Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jennifer "JJ" Jareau/Will LaMontagne Characters: Emily Prentiss, Derek Morgan, Jennifer "JJ" Jareau, Will LaMontagne, Henry LaMontagne Additional Tags: Tumblr Prompt, Feel-good, Fluff, Jemily mentions

Summary: Emily returns to DC for a visit and ends up helping JJ work through some of her emotional baggage by offering to keep Henry for the night.

THANK YOU to the kind Anon who commissioned this work based on an adorable set of hash tags. I hope this finds it's way back to whomever inspired it. 

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Emily Prentiss glanced down at her watch checking the time for the third time in five minutes. Derek had promised he would be early and now he wouldn't answer his cell phone. Her flight had arrived precisely on schedule, her luggage had been first off the carousel and she was waiting in the passenger pick-up lane as arranged. She knew he would be there but she was overly excited to be reunited with her best friend. Emily hadn't visited DC since JJ's abduction, which had been just over 18 months ago. She was so grateful to have two full weeks to be back home with her family.

Finally she saw Derek's pick up truck heading towards her and she waved happily. He parked along the curb and got out to help with her luggage, wrapping his strong arms around her and nearly squeezing the breath out of her.

"Princess! God, have I missed you!" he smiled as he kissed her cheek.

"That's Chief Princess to you, Morgan!" Emily joked as she rested her head on his chiseled chest and deeply inhaled his cologne. She missed everything about him, the way he felt in her arms, the way he smelled the way the light sparkled in those hazelnut eyes.

He loaded her suitcase int he truck bed and opened the passenger door for her. She situated herself in the seat and he shut the door with a sarcastic bow. She rolled her eyes, smiling from ear to ear. Their weekly conversations hadn't been nearly enough, she was so happy to be seeing him in person after such a long hiatus from the states.

"Well, everyone is excited to see you! We're all planning on meeting at the pub around 8:30, thought that would give you enough time to rest if you need to or whatever women do," Derek laughed as he pulled onto the highway.

"God, I'm not even tired after the flight. I slept like a baby all the way here, I'm sure I was snoring over most of the Atlantic. Guess traveling so much when I was younger sort of made me immune to jet lag," Emily shrugged. She reached out and looped her left arm through Derek's right and squeezed it lovingly. "It sure is good to see you again."

"Ditto, Em. It's always good to see you," Derek glanced over and kissed her forehead lovingly.

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Love is an Open Door (A Jemily Drabble)

Summary: Emily and Henry plan an unforgettable evening for JJ. 

Thanks to magnetic-butthole (my darling muse) for this prompt. 

"Are you ready little man?" Emily whispered as she straightened Henry's bow tie. the blonde nodded as blue eyes sparkled up at her. she loved seeing JJ's eyes on her little boy, there was something perfect in those baby blues. Henry smiled and reached up for a high five. Emily met his hand and scooped him up in her arms as she kissed his chubby little cheeks. she took a deep breath and nodded to Henry who instinctively knew it was time.

Henry dawdled into the living room and Emily heard jj from her position in the kitchen, "Oh Henry! look how handsome you look! did Emily help you get dressed for dinner?"

"yeah momma!" Henry squealed as JJ kissed him and ruffled his hair. "no momma! not my hair! I bwushed it!"

"oh, i'm sorry sweet boy," jj admitted as she brushed it flat. Emily appeared from the kitchen, placing her earrings in place as she smiled at the two blondes in her life. "Are you two about ready?"

"Wow, you look stunning," jj gasped taking in Emily's gorgeous dress and fancy up-do.

"So do you love," Emily grinned as she leaned in and kissed JJ. Henry covered his eyes with splayed fingers, peeking through the open bits as he smiled.

they loaded into Emily's SUV and headed to the restaurant. JJ squeezed Emily's hand as they sang along to the frozen soundtrack for the umpteenth time. JJ loved that Emily not only played Disney music in the car with Henry, but she had also gone out of her way to learn all of the words.

they arrived at the restaurant and Emily parked the car and came around the side to let Henry out of his car seat before coming to the passenger side and letting jj out. it had taken her far too long to get jj in the habit of waiting to have the door opened for her. but once she had gotten used to it, she sort of enjoyed the chivalrous gesture.

The three made their way inside, where Emily checked them in with the hostess. "Emily Prentiss, party of three," she smiled as she slipped the hostess $100 without JJ noticing. the hostess nodded and showed them to the best table in the restaurant. it was a large table pre-set with a booster seat for Henry and a view of the capitol building.

Emily pulled out JJ's chair for her and helped her into her seat before finally settling down across from her. Emily smiled as jj tucked a fabric napkin into Henry's button up shirt.

"Babe, this seems far too nice for a six year old's birthday dinner," JJ admitted as she eyed the menu. Emily smiled at Henry who was busy coloring the children's menu.

"Nothing is too fancy for our Henry! besides it's not everyday you lose your first tooth! isn't that right Henry?" Emily asked happily as she squeezed JJ's hand under the table

Henry simply beamed from ear to ear to show off the blank space between his front teeth. he had lost the tooth on Emily's watch and JJ had been disappointed she missed it, but the two women delighted in getting to play tooth fairy the following night.

They ordered dinner and enjoyed casual conversations as Henry showed off his artwork to the waiter. finally the dessert menu was brought out and Emily nodded knowingly at the waiter who winked in understanding.

"Henry what do you want for dessert?" Emily asked, giving the small boy his cue.

"I want something sweet!" Henry shouted, standing in his chair. JJ's eyes widened as she looked around to be sure they weren't interrupting anyone around them.

"Henry, sit down baby," jj whispered as she gestured for Henry to put his bottom back in his seat.

"But mommy, don't you want something sweet?" Henry asked

"well, sure darling. but i need you to put your little tush back in that chair before you get hurt," JJ encouraged.

"i don't know, i think he's on to something." Emily grinned. "I think we could all go for something sweet at this point. it's been a long week."

JJ looked across the table questioningly. Emily removed her napkin from her lap and placed it on the table as the waiter reemerged with a covered plate and a bottle of champagne. JJ looked at him and Emily and back to the waiter. Suddenly a familiar song began to play from the live band nearer to the bar and JJ clasped her hands over her mouth.

"All my life has been a series of doors in my face And then suddenly I bump into you" Emily sang in tune as she stood up, giving her performance full finesse.

Henry chimed in his best with, "Been searchin my whole wife to find my own pwace. May-bee it's the party tawking or the chocowate fandew!"

The waiter pulled the cover from the plate to reveal a pot of fondue and a menagerie of treats, tears came streaming down JJ's face as the two loves of her life performed love is an open door. The restaurant was all eyes on the unlikely duet. At the end of the song Emily knelt down on one knee and finally revealed the ring box she had been hiding all evening.

"Jennifer Jareau, I love you. I would be overjoyed if you would do me the honor of becoming my wife"

JJ cried, and nodded from lack of words.

Emily slipped the ring on her finger and they kissed as the onlookers erupted in applause. Henry rushed to his mom's side and she hugged him, tears flowing freely down flushed cheeks.

"Baby, you helped with all of this?" she asked as she kissed him

"I helped momma!" Henry beamed. "Are you sup-rise momma?"

"I'm thrilled Henry, I love you." JJ smiled.

"And I love you," Emily reminded as she kissed JJ again.